The Way to the Father

14 “Your heart must not be troubled.^(A) Believe^[a] in God;^(B) believe also in Me. ² In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;^[b] if not, I would have told you. I am going away^(C) to prepare a place for you. ³ If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back^(D) and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.^{(E) 4} You know the way to where I am going.”^[c](F)

⁵ “Lord,” Thomas^(G) said, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am^(H) the way,^(I) the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus Reveals the Father

⁷ “If you know Me, you will also know^[d] My Father.^(J) From now on you do know Him^(K) and have seen Him.”

⁸ “Lord,” said Philip,^(L) “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father.^(M) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?^(N) The words I speak to you I do not speak on My own.^(O) The Father who lives in Me does His works.^{(P) 11} Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe^[e] because of the works themselves.^(Q)

Praying in Jesus’ Name

¹² “I assure you: The one who believes in Me^(R) will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these,^(S) because I am going to the Father.^{(T) 13} Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified^(U) in the Son.^{(V) 14} If you ask Me^[f] anything in My name,^(W) I will do it.^[g](X)

Another Counselor Promised

¹⁵ “If you love Me, you will keep^[h] My commands.^{(Y) 16} And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor^(Z) to be with you forever. ¹⁷ He is the Spirit^(AA) of truth.^(AB) The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be^[i] in you.^{(AC) 18} I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

¹⁹ “In a little while the world will see Me no longer,^(AD) but you will see Me.^(AE) Because I live, you will live^(AF) too. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in My Father,^(AG) you are in Me, and I am in you. ²¹ The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me.^(AH) And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father.^(AI) I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

²² Judas^(AJ) (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it You’re going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”^(AK)

²³ Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.^{(AL) 24} The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.^(AM)

²⁵ “I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you. ²⁶ But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit^(AN)—the Father will send^(AO) Him in My name—will teach you all things^(AP) and remind you of everything I have told you.^(AQ)

Jesus’ Gift of Peace

²⁷ “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.^{(AR) 28} You have heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away^(AS) and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father,^(AT) because the Father is greater than I.^{(AU) 29} I have told you now before it happens^(AV) so that when it does happen you may believe. ³⁰ I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world^(AW) is coming. He has no power over Me.^{[j](AX) 31} On the contrary, I am going away^[k] so that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.

“Get up; let’s leave this place.